It is a very shocking stituation that the number of youngsters involved in crime is increasing day by day.In this Essay, i intended to discuss the reasons for this phenomenon and suggest some solutions.
A number of factors are responsible for juvenile delinquency.Media is one powerful influence.Many times,vulgarity and violence is shown on TV.Children are vulnerable and accept it as natural and try to copy what is shown.For example, in virginia USA,a student killed 30 students just after watching a TV program. Another causes of crime among youth is the changing family structure. Nuclear familes are the norm of the day.Earlier, there were joiint families in which grandparents used to teach moral values to children.They kept an eye on the friend circle of their grandchildren.Nowadays,both parents are working and children are left children are left unattended at home. They may fall intop bad company and resort to drugs under peer pressure.For drugs they despersevely need money which turns them towards crime.
Furthermore,increasing poverty,unemployement and competiution is causing hopelessness and frustration among the youth.They are over ambitious and want to earn quick money.The solution are simple. The issue has to be dealt with on a war footing. Parents shoukld watch TV with children so what they knbow what their children do.